The Unpublishable

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:35 am

I don't like to explain my fiction - I think it's better for people to come away with their own understanding, and if it differed from mine then I just failed to do my job.

The thing about racism in America today is that it's complicated - some people think racist thoughts, like the opening screed, and feel guilty about it because they know it's wrong. Is that same person a racist because they don't like someone of a different color/ethnicity/sexual orientation? Is that same person a racist if they go out of their way to avoid sitting next to them on a bus? If they jerk off to them at home? How do you compare that to someone who actually says what they think in the heat of the moment? Or an old person that casually lets slip something horribly biased or degrading?

I had to think about a lot of this while writing up Lovecraft's feelings towards miscegenation in my essay. There ae some people that argued HPL wasn't a racist - not that he wasn't prejudiced, but that he was not a racist in the post-WWII/Nazis/Holocaust sense. None of his friends ever mention him using a slur against any person of color, or Jew, or homosexual while in their presence - although apparently he was a bit more vocal about Jews in highschool, and made a comment that upset his Jewish wife - as much as his letters are sometimes filled with terrible things about Jews, immigrants, and Black people. He was supportive of the Ku Klux Klan (and yeah, slavery), but he never advocated or participated in violence against black people, or tried to enslave them. He did initially support Hitler and the Nazis, though he disliked their methods and false mythology, because he thought it would preserve the culture of the German people. What of all that makes him a racist? Thoughts and feelings of prejudice, without a doubt, and that's terrible enough.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:03 pm

Another weird western, this week on The Unpublishable is "No Justice for Dead Horses." http://www.the-unpublishable.com/2012/0 ... orses.html

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:47 pm

nice. i like these and would like to read more like these.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:42 am

No promises. I think two weird westerns is enough for right now.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:35 am

aw poo ._.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:46 pm

It's not porn, it's the Unpublishable. Go back to the Bronze age with "Fuck Your Mother": http://www.the-unpublishable.com/2012/0 ... other.html

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri May 04, 2012 9:50 pm

It's a lazy Friday on "The Unpublishable," and that means tiki-time with "Malekeke": http://www.the-unpublishable.com/2012/05/malekeke.html

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri May 11, 2012 10:19 pm

The internet ate today's story for the Unpublishable. Never worry, there's a back-up, my comic fanscript for Hellboy/Atomic Robo: Demon Gods of Mu.
http://www.the-unpublishable.com/2012/0 ... of-mu.html

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri May 11, 2012 10:48 pm

The Nekronaut was an interesting idea.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat May 12, 2012 2:23 am

He was originally slated for "The God in the Cup", and may show up in a sequel to that at some point. We shall see.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:21 am

Minimalist action on the Unpublishable with "The Spy that Smiled": http://www.the-unpublishable.com/2012/0 ... miled.html

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Sat May 19, 2012 12:13 pm

Being right ain't all it's cracked up to be.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri May 25, 2012 8:26 pm

We've got the sci-fi blues today on the Unpublishable with a blast from the past: Three-Fingered Joe. http://www.the-unpublishable.com/2012/0 ... d-joe.html

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Sat May 26, 2012 12:08 pm

Not much of a sci-fi-story in my eyes, but the last line made me snicker ^^

This time, of course, he left out the verse with the anal probing.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat May 26, 2012 5:08 pm

Hey, it has an alien.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:59 pm

Today on the Unpubishable - in the shadows of an alley lurks the First Tale of Chat-Meurtier du Paris. http://www.the-unpublishable.com/2012/0 ... paris.html

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:25 am

Beware the gateway text that hooks you into wanting to read books that are never written. Today on the Unpublishable: An Introduction to Spicy Weird Stories. http://www.the-unpublishable.com/2012/0 ... tales.html

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:40 pm

that sure is a lot @.@

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:33 pm

Time for some Frank Meadviews. I have a bottle of mead and some strong opinions.

The First Tale of Chat-Meurtier du Paris. Honestly, I don't think I have much use for this story. It's a mini-piece about an animal fight in an alley. Aside from a glaring issue where two claw wounds are described as "identical" (animal claws never leave identical marks on anything, especially flesh), it's not bad or anything. I just never got an impression of why I should care about the outcome one way or the other. It could really be the last tale of Chat-Meurtier, and I'd be OK with that.

Never Late This piece dovetails very nicely with a glass of mead. Too short for me to give spoilers for, this piece of flash fiction has a decent twist, sufficient suspense for its length, and characters you'd like to know more about. I would like to see this expanded into either the further adventures of Val, the further adventures of Seth, or both.

Life Cycle of a Necronomicon Much longer than the previous works combined, this piece is a pseudo-historical one. It tirelessly weaves the Mythos material into the history of printing in Europe, and it seems fairly workable. Far too much detail for an actual CoC campaign, it seems like the perfect piece to put into the middle of a novel. It drags a bit in the 16th century, but at the more leisurely pace of a 150k work book, the "bibliologist's tale" chapter would go over very well.

-Username17

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:02 pm

Thanks Frank!

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:59 pm

It's another Weird West Friday on the Unpublishable with "Storm Halo": http://www.the-unpublishable.com/2012/0 ... -halo.html

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:12 am

Cannibalism meets the First Amendment this week on the Unpublishable with "The Illustrated Edition": http://www.the-unpublishable.com/2012/0 ... ition.html

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:21 pm

I also updated the stories page with links to all the non-fanfiction, and little Weird Tales-esque teasers, but I'm pretty bad at those. But now it's easier to navigate!

JigokuBosatsu · Post by **JigokuBosatsu** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:37 pm

I love these, and I also love that you're doing it this way. I really need to get myself on a writing schedule.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:30 pm

I've enjoyed it. I haven't really developed my plotting skills much because of the length of the pieces, and there's definitely some plain 'ol filler in there, but it's nice to commit to a deadline and be able to meet it.